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Food Safety and Fish Production the Case of Staphylococcus aureus: A Review

Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez1, Mayra Díaz-Ramírez2, Ma. De la Paz Salgado-Cruz3 and Rocío G. Hernandez-Nava4
  • 1 Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Unidad Nayarit del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (UNCIBNOR+), Calle Dos, No. 23. Cd. del Conocimiento, Av. Emilio M. González C.P. 63173, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
  • 2 Departamento de Ciencias de la Alimentación, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Lerma, Av. de las Garzas 10. Col. El panteón, Lerma de Villada, Estado de México, C.P. 52005, Mexico
  • 3 Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Wilfrido Massieu Esq. Cda. Miguel Estampa s/n. Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México. C.P. 07738, Mexico
  • 4 Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero. Escuela Superior de Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Carretera Cayaco-Puerto Márquez, C.P.39906, Llano largo. Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Abstract

Currently food safety must be a mandatory condition in food available for human and animal consumption. Food safety is considered the characteristic that these will not cause harm to the health of consumers. Foodborne diseases are considered a serious public health problem throughout the world due to their incidence, mortality and negative repercussions on the economic and productive sectors. Among the most frequent cases and outbreaks of foodborne illness is food poisoning resulting from the consumption of foods such as fish and products contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus and toxins. Staphylococcus aureus contamination of food can occur at any stage of the food chain, from primary production, processing, distribution, marketing, even manipulation by the final consumer; this mainly due to the absence or inadequate hygiene conditions and practices, establishing that this pathogen has the human being as its main reservoir and source of contamination. Therefore, the purpose of this manuscript is to provide general information through the search and analysis of information in different academic and scientific databases on foodborne diseases, causal agents of these diseases, especially Staphylococcus aureus, related foods in its transmission such as fish and tilapia, sources and conditions of contamination, as well as prevention and control actions in the different phases of the food chain in favor of food safety and public health.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 20 No. 4, 2020, 291-306

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2020.291.306

Submitted On: 17 October 2020 Published On: 1 January 2021

How to Cite: Cortés-Sánchez, A. D. J., Díaz-Ramírez, M., Salgado-Cruz, M. D. L. P. & Hernandez-Nava, R. G. (2020). Food Safety and Fish Production the Case of Staphylococcus aureus: A Review. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 20(4), 291-306. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2020.291.306

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Keywords

  • Aquaculture
  • Fishing
  • Food Pathogens
  • Foodborne Diseases